Gaffney is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gaffney
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gaffney

How popular is Gaffney?

Gaffney is common in United States.

Gaffney is ranked 18478 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gaffney bearers increased by 2.694683 per cent in 2010 US census to 12805 since 2000, the surname slipped by 157 spots and ranked at 2819. The last name was found in around 43 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.06 84.81
Black 12.07 11.82
Hispanic or Latino 2.44 1.62
Others 1.64 1.15
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.53 0.38
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.26 0.22
Gaffney is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 28197 people have been found who wears Gaffney as their family name. Gaffney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,104 South Korea2
5,936 Bahrain2
95,312 Argentina2
723,167 Indonesia2
1,118 Isle of Man2
34,681 Norway2
19,093 Finland2
2,401 Honduras2
174,544 Czech Republic1
7,191 Afghanistan1
897,276 Russia1
1,486 Northern Mariana Islands1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
53,033 Nigeria1
1,704,541 India1
4,435 Togo1
2,613 The Bahamas1
11,831 Tajikistan1
1,254 Gibraltar1
49,529 Israel1
4,249 Cambodia1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
6,212 Jamaica1
29,046 Japan1
17,575 Kuwait1
3,275 Nepal1
8,181 Botswana1
66,560 Philippines1
58,885 Poland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
10,958 Bangladesh1
36,678 Singapore1
81,201 Switzerland1
17,236 Ghana1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
8,316 Portugal46
21,712 Sweden44
37,591 Belgium37
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,287 New Zealand99
78,184 Italy67
104,075 Brazil64
41,230 Spain52
Countries with hundreds of Gaffney:
1,044 Scotland768
6,368 Canada671
10,268 South Africa621
1,965 Wales203
1,508 Northern Ireland179
61,459 France159
21,011 Mexico157
71,225 Germany134
Countries with thousands of Gaffney:
2,213 England3,624
265 Ireland3,090
1,841 Australia1,721
Countries with ten thousands of Gaffney:
2,466 United States16,308
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old workman Timothy Gaffney who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 18, 1846 by Cornet put out from Liverpool. Pat Gaffney, aged 40, 30 years old John Gaffney, 21 years old Michael Gaffney, Phillip Gaffney (21) Workman, 24 years old John Gaffney, James Gaffney, aged 25, Terance Gaffney, aged 20, Spinster Mary Gaffney, and 261 other Gaffney around 57.64% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and farmer, seamstress, servant, tailoress, spinner migrated to US.

Gaffney Namesakes

  • Peter Gaffney, Writer
  • John Gaffney, Actor
  • Frank Gaffney, Polit.
  • Frank Gaffney, Polit.
  • Tony Gaffney, Basketball player
  • Beryl Gaffney, Canadian Politician
  • Mike Gaffney, Australian Politician
  • Cathal Gaffney, Film director
  • George Gaffney, Pianist
  • Dean Gaffney, Actor
  • In 2008 comedy, sport movie, Wrestlemaniac, Sean Kevin Gaffney characterized Wrestling Promoter.

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